Trump 'thrilled' with Harris tapping 'very liberal' Tim Walz as running mate: 'Shocking pick'

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Former President Trump reacted Wednesday morning to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz being tapped as Kamala Harris' running mate, saying he "could not be more thrilled" that the vice president made the "shocking pick."

"He's a very, very liberal man, and he's a shocking pick. I could not be more thrilled," Trump told the "Fox & Friends" co-hosts during an exclusive interview.

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Trump then recalled one of the "only" times he had interacted with him, explaining how Walz reached out to him for help during the pandemic because his house was surrounded by anti-lockdown protesters.

"They only had one guard, I guess it was at the mansion or his house in some form," he said. "And he called me and I said, ‘What do you want me to do about it?’ I was in the White House. He said, 'If you would put out the word that I'm a good person, and I did, I put out the word I said, 'He's a good person. I hope everything's good.' And everybody put down their flags and took their flags with them."

"But they took the American flags and their MAGA flags and they left it. It was thousands of people," he continued.

The former president warned Walz is more radical than Harris on key issues like immigration and crime, as critics worry the Harris-Walz ticket could be the most far-left in the nation's history.

"If you look at his